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1605x1607, 200x200, 803x804
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stock block: Young male servant carrying a boar’s head
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This young man carries a platter of food: a roasted pig’s head with fruit or vegetables around it, on a platter. He wears a ruff round his neck, a tunic over a long-sleeved shirt, and simple shoes; pr [...]
Keywords:
servants, food, service, waiters, youths, boys, men, people, animal heads, pork, feasting, feat, holiday, christmas, xmas, costumes, medieval costume, stock blocks, greyscale
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Added: 2019-04-10
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public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1461x826, 354x200, 730x413
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Index, manicule, or pointing hand
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest.This hand, index, or m [...]
Keywords:
manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale
Places shown:
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Added: 2020-09-07
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Image status:
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1112x1031, 216x200, 2223x2062, 809x750
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Stock block: two dancing harlequins
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This vintage art pair of jesters are two men dressed as harlequins, or clowns; the one on the left has a hat with bells on it and carries a punch-and-judy style stick with a head on the end; the one o [...]
Keywords:
clowns, harlequins, dancing, people, men, costumes, stock blocks, greyscale
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Added: 2018-09-12
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Image status:
public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1318x1141, 1757x1521, 231x200, 2636x2282, 750x649
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stock block: scales, or equal-arm balance.
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
In an equal arm balance like this one you can compare the weights of things in the two pans; often you use a set of standardized weights in one pan and add them until the lever at the top is level, in [...]
Keywords:
scales, scientific instruments, diagrams, balance, balancing, stock blocks, libra, zodiac, astrology, greyscale
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Added: 2019-04-28
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Image status:
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1110x367, 605x200, 750x248
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Stock block: Victorian railway engine and tender
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
No source is given for this 2-4-0 steam engine US: railroad locomotive) and it’s not clear whether it is a drawing of an actual engine and tender or just a generic one.This picture was originally sold [...]
Keywords:
steam engines, railways, engines, transport, steam, smoke, people, stock blocks, greyscale
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Added: 2019-04-28
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Image status:
public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1287x844, 300x200, 750x492
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Stock block: deer skull
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This vintage woodcut of a deer skull looks almost like a Cthulhu monster or the “Kraken”.This picture was originally sold as a “stock block” or “stock cut”—that is, a form of clip art in which metal p [...]
Keywords:
skulls, death, horns, antlers, eye-sockets, spooky, cthulhu, tentacles, stock blocks, greyscale
Places shown:
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Added: 2018-09-12
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Image status:
public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1622x1609, 202x200, 811x805
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Stock block: Child kneeling in a circular vignette
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This Victorian engraving shows a boy (probably) kneeling within a circular border; he holds a boquet of flowers in one hand as he gazes at a butterly perched on his other hand. There’s a circle of flo [...]
Keywords:
children, innocence, flowers, butterflies, nudity, bare feet, boys, circular, stock blocks, greyscale
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Added: 2018-09-12
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Image status:
public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1482x1467, 202x200, 2964x2934, 741x734
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stock block: Terrier woodcut
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
This woodcut of a Scottish cairn terrier, or similar dog, is an example of a stock block (or stock cut): an illustraiton sold to printers on a stereotyped copy of the original engraving, for use in th [...]
Keywords:
dogs, animals, stock blocks, clip art, cairn terriers, terriers, greyscale
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Added: 2018-11-05
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1846x1978, 187x200, 700x750, 923x989
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Chapterheads with cherubs, dragons, fish, neptune, flowers
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
Three separate chapterheads: one with two cherubs, or naked boys, each holding one end of a rope, or a pipe with a bulb on the end, perhaps about to squirt some giant flowers; one with a Greek male h [...]
Keywords:
chapterheads, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, flowers, fish, greek gods, heads, neptune, dragons, wyverns, mythological creatures, wings, floriated borders, foliated borders, greyscale
Places shown:
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Added: 2020-11-20
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public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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1321x636, 2641x1272, 415x200, 750x361
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Index, pointing hand, or manicule
Typographic Ornaments (1850)
Drawings of hands, often with arms attached, were added to mediæval manuscripts by people who used them; the hands were used to draw attention to particular passages of interest.This hand, index, or m [...]
Keywords:
manicules, hands, pointers, ornaments, drawings, indexes, maniculæ bookmarks, greyscale
Places shown:
none
Added: 2022-01-13
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Image status:
public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested
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